Journal metric profile

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 3.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 25/133 Recorded category rank

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 3.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 25 out of 133 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 3,313 total citations, 179 total articles, 186 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 4.100, which is 0.900 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 3.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.200.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2055-7647. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Abbreviated journalBMJ OPEN SPORT EXERC
PublisherBMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
Metric year2025
Overall rank4,390
ISSNNot available
eISSN2055-7647
Total cites3,313
Total articles179
Citable items186
Cited half-life4.4 years
Citing half-life7.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.200
5-Year Impact Factor4.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.000
Journal Citation Indicator1.200
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank25/133
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine is 3.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine?

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine?

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine is listed as being published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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